Liu Guanxiong Explained

Liu Guanxiong
Native Name:劉冠雄
Office1:Minister of Navy of the Republic of China
Term Start1:30 March 1912
Term End1:30 June 1916
Predecessor1:Huang Zhongying
Successor1:Cheng Biguang
Term Start2:15 July 1917
Term End2:3 December 1919
Predecessor2:Sa Zhenbing
Successor2:Sa Zhenbing
Birth Date:7 June 1861
Birth Place:Houguan County, Fujian,
Death Place:Tianjin, Republic of China
Allegiance:
Republic of China
Empire of China
Branch: Imperial Chinese Navy
Republic of China Navy
Commands: Admiral
Battles:First Sino-Japanese War
Awards:Order or Rank and Merit
Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain
Order of Wen-Hu

Liu Guanxiong (; 1861, Fuzhou, Fujian  - 1927, Tianjin) was a Chinese Admiral from the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China who was Navy Minister of China, from 1912 to 1916 and from 1917 to 1919. When he was young he entered the Navy College of Fuzhou and was sent abroad to Britain. He was named Minister of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief upon the founding of the Republic of China.He was also Minister of Education (1913) and Transportation Minister (1912). During Yuan Shikai's rule as Emperor in 1915 he was named a Duke. Liu turned to Duan Qirui soon after Yuan's death, but the Chinese fleet became fractured and split due to Duan's refusal to validate the abolished Constitution.

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